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HISTORY&CULTURETomiokaSilkMill(TomiokaCity,GunmaPrefecture)bJapan’soldestmodernsilkmilldisplaysthehistoryandadvanc-esinsilktechnologyfromthe1870stotoday,withsilk-shoppingopportunitiesaplenty.銅Dou(Copper)SadoKinzanGoldMine(SadoCity,NiigataPrefecture)cWalktheundergroundpathsofJapan’smostprominentgoldmine.ThissprawlingminesupportedtheTokugawashogunatethroughouttheEdoperiod.AshioCopperMine(Nikk¯oCity,TochigiPrefecture)dBuiltinthe1600s,AshioCopperMineshows,throughdisplaysandmineshafttours,Japan’sindustrialadvancementanditsrsteffortstocombatpollution.33絹Kinu(Silk)金Kin(Gold)